I think the cat ended up in a shelter (I don't know the reason though) and then they discovered it didn't match the other cat species known about. So it happened the other way around.

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was apparently found as a kitten by someone who thought it was a standard cat, then after a year of what I can only assume was murder kitty behaviour, they took it to a shelter

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It really is peak cat when it takes a full year with a wild, feral animal to notice it's behaviour isn't just cat being cat.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ive heard stories about people taking in bobcat kittens before realizing. But the story that takes the cake is someone raising a dog for years before realizing it was a fucking bear.

https://abc11.com/pets-animals/woman-unknowingly-rescues-bobcat-thinking-it-was-kitten/5570293/

https://people.com/pets/pet-dog-is-bear-not-tibetan-mastiff/

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/262/280/bfb.jpg